# Accident 19940603013849A: Wsk PZLM18, Morrisville, VT, June 3, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1994, 13:32 local time
- Place: Morrisville, VT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5573° N, 72.5900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morrisville, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5573&lon=-72.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4194D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4194D-1994-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: WSK Pzl-Krosno KR-03A (registry code 1130847, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-krosno-kr-03a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK PZLM18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 30 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940603013849A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DISCONNECTED FROM TOW TOO EARLY AND ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT. STRUCK TREE TOPS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO94LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA087), Jun 3, 1994: WSK PZL Krosno KR-03A (N4194D), Morrisville, VT, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S PREMATURE RELEASE FROM THE TOW PLANE. THE LACK OF LIFT AND THE DOWNDRAFT WERE FACTORS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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